Alyssa Thiessen
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Alyssa Thiessen

Alyssa Thiessen is a writer and a teacher hailing from the vibrant centre of Canada. She teaches high school in southern Manitoba, and her work can be found in a number of Canadian magazines and anthologies.

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Mackenzie Shaw
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Mackenzie Shaw

Mackenzie Shaw was born in 1995 in Kitchener, Ontario and now writes poetry from her van, Delores, in Western Canada.

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Nicole Schroeder
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Nicole Schroeder

Fuelled by coffee, chocolate milk, and the grace of God, Nicole wakes each morning ready to chase twin four-year-old boys, laugh wildly with her husband, and search desperately for her car keys.

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Andrew Ruhl

Andrew Ruhl is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker dividing his time between Victoria, BC and Guelph, Ontario.

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Sherri Rohovich
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Sherri Rohovich

Sherri Rohovich is a passionate observer of life, a lover of discovering people, their stories, and what makes them unique.

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Irene Reilly
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Irene Reilly

Irene Reilly is a mother, an avid reader, and emerging writer attending the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies creative writing program.

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Hina Rani
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Hina Rani

Hina Rani’s interests include loud music, ghost stories, and engaging in general tomfoolery.

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Joanne Probyn
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Joanne Probyn

Joanne Probyn is a contemporary Canadian artist best known for her acrylic-based abstract paintings using mixed media and textured mediums.

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Tina Petrick
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Tina Petrick

Tina Petrick’s twenties were a rebellion against her reluctantly chosen career in law. She appeared on reality TV, quit her legal practice and waitressed on Granville Island, worked for a “botanical beverage” company, and founded a gaming startup.

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Isobel Orfi
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Isobel Orfi

Isobel (Izzy) Orfi is a recent graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She grew up just outside of Toronto and spent most of her childhood dancing ballet.

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Margo McCall
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Margo McCall

Margo McCall’s short stories have been featured in Pacific Review, Heliotrope, In*tense, Sunspinner, Sidewalks, Rockhurst Review, Toasted Cheese, and other journals.

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Riley Martin
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Riley Martin

Riley Martin keeps himself fed and sheltered as a freelance communications and media professional in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone
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Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone

Livingstone is a self-taught artist living and working in Windsor, Ontario. Working primarily in acrylics and oils, he puts paint on canvas in the hope of inspiring others to take the time to celebrate the beauty that surrounds them.

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Rachel Laverdiere
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Rachel Laverdiere

Inspired by the vast skies of Saskatchewan, Rachel Laverdiere anticipates that calm will erupt into thunderstorms, flocking geese will disappear into the sunset, and northern lights will traipse across the blackened stage.

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Anjali Kapoor Kohli
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Anjali Kapoor Kohli

Born and raised in India, Anjali immigrated to Montreal, Quebec at the tail end of the 70s. Originally trained as a teacher, she now works as an interpreter for asylum seekers and new immigrants.

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Vlad Krakov
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Vlad Krakov

Vlad Krakov is a Tel-Aviv-born, Vancouver-raised rapscallion who really just hopes the ecological collapse destroys the Canadian monetary system before he has to start taking his student loans seriously.

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